Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> Invisible wrote:
>> Mind you, arguably the same principle applies any time anybody designs a
>> new product. How long does it take to design and build a house? Well,
>> you can take an educated guess, but...
> 
> A house is not a new product.

I'd debate that.

Is every house *exactly* the same? Probably not.

Is every item of software *completely* different? Probably not.

If you're a company that specialises in writing stock control systems, 
you probably know a thing or two about how to make a stock control 
system work. But, of course, every client is different, so you can't be 
completely sure how hard or easy it will be this time...

>  Every piece of code you write is a *new* piece of code, you are never
> repeating the same task again.

Sure. I won't argue with that.

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